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THE GARDENERS’ 
CHRONICLE. 
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whether this affects the root to any appreciable 
e i 
A species of tuberculosis has also been observed 
in Olive trees, which produce irregular tumou 
fertility of the tree, but ultimately the latter becomes 
stunted and * This only attacks trees 
which have been 
In the ne 1 of Algiers especially it is 
oming more and more difficult to cultivate Peas 
and Beans successfully, on account of the ravages of 
a formidable parasite, the Orobanche speciosa, a tall 
itself firmly on the roots of other plants, especially 
Peas, Beans, and Geraniums, and which produces an 
immense quantity of seed. e only Paces of get- 
ting rid of this is to pluck it up when quite young 
(pigs eat it freely), and not to plant sities crops 
Fic, 122.—NEW DWARF SWEET PEA, $ 
(Shown at the Meeting of the Royal Horticultural Society on Tuesday last, June 25, 1895.) 
the following year in ground which has been 
contaminated by it. 
k-fly has also been very destructive during 
past year, especially in market gardens, as also 
grown in stiff clay soils, 
every direction. The neighbourhood of Philippe- 
ville, however, continues to be the most unfortunate, 
few proprietors ha 
ca man 
are therefore abandoniog their vineyards and turn- 
ing their attention to other cultures. 
On the subject of forest produce, Consul Playfair 
says that the Government of Algeria is anxious to 
irect public attention to the forests of the colony, 
eapeci those of Cedar and Cork Oak. The 
forest of Teniet-el-Ahb, being easy of access, is said 
to have been ruthlessly treated by the military in 
3 days before the forest department was pro- 
perly organised. Trees were cut down and allowed 
perish on the spot. Dead woo por ass 
ery 
of: the forest, and the e in the hibit of 
burning the old grass to ronto fresh pasturaga for 
ae flocks. Now the utmost care is taken of this 
forest, and its regeneration is rapidly taking place. 
Young trees are everywhere springing up, and though 
wood of average dimensions is still insufficient, that 
a want which will disappear in time, and these 
remarks apply more or less to every other Cedar 
forest in Algeri 
As a furthe ag Re of how the forests have 
been N it is said that of Djebet Tonggourt, 
which is a favourite excursion of tourists from 
Batua, is still in a most deplorable state, and it looks 
as if it might almost cease to exist in twenty years’ 
time. The whole surface is covered with trees which 
have been torn up and allowed to perish. Very few 
young trees are res up; caterpillars are every- 
where a here s 
“OUPID”: FLOWERS WHITE 
pan e and one person a purchased g te to 
ese down within two years, and supply 
100,000 ma railway sleepers ro the La. Algérie ien line. 
Cedar wood is said to be somewhat less endurizg 
and elastic than Pine from ba north of Europe, and 
therefore requires a rather larger scantling when 
used for architectural — but these objections 
have been found to exist more especially in timber 
fro miaa hoart of the fes. Now its nature is better 
known tban it „ th 
employed for railway seers, the outside por- 
pc for carpentry. Slee us made have been 
found to last from eight tot oe ee and to require 
no 1 it has also been employed with good 
results for wood pavement and roofing shingles. But 
it is especially for cabinet-making and decorative 
ar wood is most ae and for 
it is advisable to ae 
to get rid of the heart altogether, cut up the 
outside ere n 80 a8 best to — bene its 1 and 
irregular vei 
The Airs of Teniet-el<Aha has an area of 2325 
ac 
that might fairly be used, but to regard it only in the 
light of a source of revenue would be unworthy of 
the government; the giants of the forest there are 
of incalculable beauty and incomparable artistic 
value, The forest i is a favourite resort of —— 
and it is g g gorernmen 
enl wad én late te 8 +1 24 
by a system of rotation so as not to 3 its great 
expensive; there is not suffici ater power to 
ve a saw-mill, and there is no other resource but 
to employ ste ll is done, and 
various forests is so great, that when these difficul- 
wig! are overcome it will be a source of great riches 
he country. dar here referred to is the 
2 Cedar (Cedrus Libani, var. atlantica). 
In tter of cork it is stated that A area of 
a of Constantine is 
of those of Spain and Portugal; it is evident, there- 
fore, that Algeria will soon become the principal 
cork-producing country in the world 
SWEET PEA ‘ CUPID.” 
Tuis dwarf variety of the Sweet Pea is quite an 
acquisition both to the flower garden and the green- 
house, Its pure white flowers are of the full size of 
those of the ordinary Sweet Pea, freely produced, and 
t there is n eh ek -looking 
vegetated, and produced 
twelve fine large flowering plants, The method of 
growth is peculiar; a slender erect stem grows up to 
ws height of 3 or 4 inches, and the cultivator is at 
he first likely to be much disappointed at the 
el until after a time, four or more creeping side- 
wthe push out; these are much stronger, and 
oe form the plant which covers the entire eurface 
a {oot asunder. The plant is of the same degree of 
hardiness as our ordinary Sweet Pea, but it does not, 
of course, require any aticks to support the stem, 
produce either a mass of white, or a row mixed with 
other e plants. J. Douglas. 
THE HERBACEOUS BORDER. 
NEW VIOLAS FROM SCOTLAND, 
Dr. C, Lege of e. N. B., who has for 
years past been din improving the Viola, and 
to whom we are “indebted for the rayleas section, has 
just sent me blooms of his newer varieties, roe 
six blooms i in a mapa | in order that a fair 
th on 
as fresh as if only just gathered. Nearly every ace Tr, 
of them might be included in the ray less section, 
f yellow varieties, Geld Crest has dee eep gold 
lower petals, with clear pure yellow upper; the 
flowers of the true Viola shape— that is, long, rather 
of de 
a d. elicate sufasion of mauy e—a charming Variety, of 
olden 
Eye is white, with a distinct 3 and deep orange 
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